As demand dwindled, vendors shipped fewer than 1.2 billion units last year, leading to a 12 percent drop in annual shipments.

随着需求的减少，供应商去年的出货量不到12亿台，导致年出货量下降了12%。

In addition, as rational plans for the future trend of returns on investment are made partly based on the existing age structure of the population, we expect capital dividends will dwindle as aging accelerates.

But the acreage dwindled to about 133 hectares mainly due to slack market demand and insufficient processing equipment and technologies, said Li.

The restaurant chain he worked for in Shanghai was forced to temporarily shut down as customers dwindled to a trickle due to the outbreak.

However, the area under cultivation had dwindled over the years.

"The volume of Western medicine China imported last year increased 1.75 percent year-on-year, while the volume of biochemical medicine dwindled 7.67 percent compared to that in 2017, according to the report.

New tax rules implemented last year, including a $38 per barrel gasoline consumption tax and a $29 per barrel tax on diesel, have seen the fortunes of the country's some 40 independent refineries dwindle after several years of bumper profits since they were first allowed to process imported crude oil in 2015.

The joint venture pays Dongfeng for the use of the plants to produce Peugeot and Citroen cars that are seeing their sales dwindle in the country.

Its sales peaked in 2016 at around 650,000 units but deliveries have since dwindled, falling to 160,000 units in 2021.

Its sales peaked in 2016 at around 650,000 units but the deliveries have since dwindled, falling to 160,000 units in 2021.

A top candidate for elimination would be the Chrysler brand, which has dwindled to only two models, a minivan and a car, he said.

Faced with stiff competition and weaker demand, Changan Ford's sales dwindled to 36,800 in the first quarter of the year.

It sold more than 266,000 cars in China in 2014, according to LMC Automotive, but last year sales dwindled to around 119,000 vehicles.

Because the e-CNY represents the PBOC's direct liabilities to the public, users could directly hold digital currency accounts with the central bank and profits of commercial lenders' deposit businesses may dwindle.

Due to the pandemic, fiscal support dwindled in several countries and governments had to leverage public funds to prevent risks and save lives.

Aggregate demand has also dwindled due to the closure of factories across the global supply chain, and unemployment is rising rapidly in a magnitude unseen even in the global financial crisis.

Aggregate demand also has dwindled due to the closure of factories almost across the global supply chain.

The number of IPOs was reduced by 42 percent from the previous 64, while funds raised dwindled from HK$24.4 billion — a 16 percent decrease compared to the same period last year.